Year in Pictures: 2001

February:
Dubbed "The Intimidator" for his hard-driving, paint-swapping style, Dale Earnhardt knifed his black No. 3 car through two decades of stock-car racing until Feb. 18, when he died in a crash at the Daytona 500. Many NASCAR fans loved him, some loved to hate him, but the North Carolina-bred, mustachioed "man in black" was mourned by millions as a symbol of the sport's blue-collar roots — and of its essentially dangerous nature.

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